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Hold to a thing long enough, a secret, a desire, maybe a lie, and it will shape you.
Mark Lawrence
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Mark Lawrence
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 28
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the United States of America
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Questions for questions. You're a man who's spent time at court.
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And when pain bites, men bargain. Boys too. We twist and turn, we plead and beg, we offer our tormentors what he wants so that the hurting will stop. And when there is no torturer to placate, no hooded man with hot irons and tongs, just a burn you can't escape, we bargain with God, or ourselves, depending on the size of our egos.
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